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January 30, 2013, 10:30 AM | #1 | |
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New Pro-Gun Democrat Senator
The senators name is Heidi Heitcamp and she represents North Dakota. Heitkamp will not support Obama's AWB scheme. Good on the lady.
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January 30, 2013, 10:45 AM | #2 |
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It's not surprising that a senator from a western state would be pro-gun. Here in the Deep South, lots of Democrats are pro-gun. In Louisiana, for example, our own Mary Landrieu is a staunch Democrat and has a "C" rating from the NRA, but I've never known her to hurt gun-owners. Yeah, she talks the party line, and I vote against her whenever I get the chance, but she hasn't really hurt us.
For that matter, the Senate Majority Leader, Harry Reid, scores a "B". He's smart enough to know that what makes good sound-bites in Washington will get you fired in Nevada. Freedom crosses party lines. |
January 30, 2013, 11:30 AM | #3 |
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Great to hear.
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January 30, 2013, 11:39 AM | #4 | |
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Missouri's own Claire McCaskill had originally talked up support for a ban, but her most recent response omits any mention of a ban (be it support for or opposition to). IMO, she realized she prefers her job to toeing the party line. Contacting legislators DOES work. It is working now. |
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January 30, 2013, 12:50 PM | #5 |
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The news cant is now for more background checks and proper mental health reporting as first priority and then banning evil 'clips'. I've said before the former has a chance, the latter maybe but I don't think so. Feinstein bill - not going to happen.
The fallout of intense opposition to supposedly progun reps and senators in the next election will be telling.
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January 30, 2013, 05:45 PM | #6 |
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I have long maintained that gun owners must be an independent bloc of voters that the GOP cannot take for granted and the Liberals cannot cross except at their peril.
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January 30, 2013, 08:47 PM | #7 | |
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Good to hear that she's pro gun but...
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February 1, 2013, 07:09 AM | #9 |
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MrDontPlay, the idea behind a representative democracy / republic is not that your representatives will always parrot the polls back home, but that your representatives will educate themselves on matters on a full-time basis, and combine what they learn with the opinions of their constituents.
If the intent had simply been to have representatives vote however the polls had gone, back home, on every issue then the founders would have drafted a democracy, as opposed to what they did create. Now, there are potential penalties when representatives go against the wishes of the masses - IE they may not get reelected. A "statesman" is one who is willing to run that risk, when they truly think it is the right thing to do. |
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Agreed MLeake. We lack statesmen today.
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February 1, 2013, 11:17 AM | #11 | |
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February 2, 2013, 03:07 PM | #12 |
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Some democrats do look for birds of a feather in gun control issues.
http://www.facebook.com/dgocofmo http://www.bluesteeldemocrats.org The first link obviously isn't much help other than moral support if you don't live in MO. And the number of states with Blue Steel Democrats organizations is small. But if one is a liberal Democrat looking for a home to roost, there's a link on their page about how to start a local chapter. Every bit helps. |
February 3, 2013, 11:57 AM | #13 |
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I took a look at the Blue Steel Democrats site. "Democrats don't want your guns. We've got our own." I like that!
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